Caste, Wealth and Regional Inequalities in Health Status of Women and Children in India

Contemporary Voice of Dalit

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 87-100

  Jungari, Suresh ^a   Chauhan, Bal Govind ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Caste inequalities; health; infant mortality; scheduled tribes; wealth inequalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048467128     PISSN: 2455328X     EISSN: 24560502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2455328X17690644     Document Type: Article

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